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How much soybeans do India produce?

India is the 5th largest producer of soybeans: 15.1 million tonnes in 2024, 3.8% of the world's 397.7 million tonnes (FAOSTAT).

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India's soybeans production

India soybeans production, 2024
World rankProduction (tonnes)Share of worldTen-year growthYear
515.1 million tonnes3.8%+3.8% a year2024

FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (QCL), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

India soybeans production monthly prices, tonnes, Jan 1961 to Jan 2024Line chart of india soybeans production monthly prices in tonnes from Jan 1961 to Jan 2024: India soybeans production from 5,000 to 15,132,082, peaking at 15,132,082.05,000,00010,000,00015,000,000196519701975198019851990199520002005201020152020tonnes
India soybeans production

Share of world output over time

India's share of world soybeans production in selected years
19902000201020202024
2.4%3.3%4.8%3.5%3.8%

Average annual share by decade: 1960s <0.1%, 1970s 0.2%, 1980s 1%, 1990s 3.6%, 2000s 3.8%, 2010s 4%, 2020s 3.7%. See the concentration-over-time report.

India as a buyer of soybeans

Of its $406.2 million of soybeans imports in 2024, 33% came from Niger and 31% from Togo, among 17 suppliers.

Import dependency · Supplier shifts

How much soybeans India uses

India's domestic supply of soybeans was 15.3 million tonnes in 2023, 4.1% of the world's. Food supply was 0.2 kg per person a year, 43rd highest of 141 countries with a million or more people. It produced 96% of what it used (self-sufficiency) and imported 5%. FAO's item is "Soyabeans". Consumption · Self-sufficiency.

The soybeans price India sells into

The benchmark price, US, CIF Rotterdam, was $524/t in September 2026, up 30% over twelve months. Its five-year volatility is 18% a year, calmer in 61% of its earlier five-year windows. A single country's export price can differ from the benchmark: see trade price against benchmark. Monthly averages lag the market and are not investment advice. Soybeans price history.

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